Picture it

You are standing at the start line of a race

Your local Parkrun, the London Marathon

ANY race you can think of

Hundreds of others around you

A clear crisp day with blue skies

You've got your shades on

You've got a smile on your face

You feel good

Now here's the thing

You KNOW you are in good shape

You KNOW you have done the reps

You KNOW you have done the tempos

You KNOW you have done the long runs

You KNOW what to expect

You KNOW you can get that PB

There's NOTHING that can go wrong

You are feeling unstoppable....

Truly imagine that for a few seconds

Visualise it

Let that emotion run through your body

Feels good doesn't it?

That's confidence

That's power

This is completely attainable

But we are REALLY good at telling ourselves all the ways it can go WRONG

What if this happens, what if that happens....

Through years of social conditioning

Through times of stress

Through times of repeated default behaviours

We revert to what we have always done

Our default mode of outdated thinking

The possibility of failure

The fear based mentality we have been swimming in for years

When what we should be focused on

What we should visualise

Is the feeling of success

The feeling of elation

The sweet emotion of that fantastic run where it all went right

It couldn't have gone any better

A huge grin guaranteed for the rest of the day

HIGH FIVES ALL OVER THE PLACE

Visualise and feel that over and over again, and it will be yours.

Change your way of thinking and you'll change the course of your (running) life.

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All the best with your journey

Until next time

movementmartin